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An unseen world
I recently had the chance to go behind the scenes in a place I hope you will never see – behind the bars of our jail! The Pierce County Jail is made up of both the “old jail” and the “new jail” – and operates like a self-contained city. The jail has a medical facility, […]
City of Lakewood responds to inaccurate information about Edgewater Park Master Plan update
Earlier this week a King 5 news story about the work the city is doing to improve Edgewater Park highlighted the city’s legal acquisition of a piece of private property to improve the park for public use. Specifically, the focus was on a court ruling allowing the City of Lakewood to use eminent domain to […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator March 29 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s March 29 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
Concert Wrap-Up: Symphony Tacoma’s “Transformation”
Submitted by Jennifer Cargile. On Saturday, March 16th, Symphony Tacoma filled the Pantages Theater stage for Transformation, their fourth classic concert of the season. As the pre-concert announcements concluded, Symphony Tacoma Music Director Sarah Ioannides delivered a surprising twist. She announced that she would not be conducting the first piece of the evening, Elfrida Andrée’s […]
Let’s Talk! – Wishing the Earth Would Swallow Me Up
Have you switched off your screens, and are you ready to ponder the above prompt? Wait – didn’t we already ponder something very similar at the very beginning of this column, “Let’s Talk!”? Something about a moment that defines awkwardness? Let’s recapitulate that I defined it as the moment when we get caught at something […]
Second Annual Rotary CleanUP, April 27
Mark your calendars! The second annual Rotary CleanUP is Saturday, April 27. In this event we tackle removing the trash and litter along our streets and curbs and celebrate community. (Did you know that Washington State is the worst state for littering on public roads? Let’s try to “curb” that in our own fair city.) […]
Custer Elementary School: Enhancement versus Education
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Each week as a public service Lakewood CARES will be providing the real academic situation in response to schools highlighted in The Suburban Times by Clover Park School District (CPSD). This is data you will not find elsewhere on the CPSD website, board meeting agendas or “Inside Schools”; however it is […]
Letter: Before Sunrise, That First Resurrection Morning
It was the fastest quarter mile ever run in the history of women’s track. And it happened that very first Resurrection morning. Just tenths-of-a-second over 00:45 it still stands. Had Sports Illustrated been published then they’d have made a front cover. Theirs was a miracle, a true-life made-for-TV triumph long, long “before science invaded every […]
CPSD #SuperSchoolShoutOut – Lakeview Hope Academy
Each week, we highlight a different school or profession at Clover Park School District on our social media and web pages. Last week, we showed our CPSD pride by giving a #SuperSchoolShoutout to the Lakeview Hope Academy. Lakeview is one of the district’s largest elementary schools. Located next to St. Clare Hospital, the school serves […]
Sounder trains available for Mariners vs. Boston Red Sox
Seattle sports fans can save on travel time, parking and gas by taking Sound Transit’s popular Sounder trains to this Sunday’s Mariners game. Special Sounder service is in addition to Link light rail, ST Express and King County Metro service to and from T-Mobile Park. The special service will be available Sunday, March 31, for […]